Funny and ironic, but disappointing. Frankly, I think that mice don't belong in human homes at all, and I think he was perfectly justified in trying to kill it. Too bad he didn't think of a more effective way.
There are better ways of killing something than burning alive. A good instant squash with a heavy brick or frying pan would have been far more merciful. If you can't repell mice by nonlethal means such as ultrasonics, you could at least kill them without resorting to methods out of Fangoria magazine. And, considering how long it takes for something burning to die, the guy's thoughtlessness was clearly coupled with indeed not thinking.
Taking a Gestalt approach, since it's the "in" thing...
Hmm clicking on this thread I was just remembered the Romans would fry door mice and eat it as deseart and when i read it i was like revenge!
"Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere et cul illi pueri dicerent 'Sibylla Ti cupisne' respondebat illa 'Cupio mortere'."
Me and my brother burned a couple of mouses before and nothing happned. The mouse just kept making a wierd yet satisfying squeel and it started jumping all around the box. It was just plain bad luck what happened to that guy.
Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. - Thomas Jefferson
yes they are. But I was young at the time and my brother is the one that lit up the mouse I just watched. Now I just stab the mouse if their still alive after the mouse trap got them.
Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. - Thomas Jefferson
I remember doing some pretty horrific things to small bugs when I was a young child. The bit about children being innocent--don't believe it. I'm a much better person today than I was twenty five years ago.
Taking a Gestalt approach, since it's the "in" thing...